Oh, no, it's the "Kings never get any foul calls" -- again!!!
Artest has NOBODY to blame but himself. He actually gets BREAKS on the other end of the court -- the same breaks that Bowen gets being known as a "defensive specialist."
I've never complained that Kobe isn't getting to the ft line -- it's up to Kobe to put pressure on the refs to make the calls. He has spent a LOT of time whining to refs lately -- that doesn't help -- at ALL! (unless you are Karl Malone)
Randy, your continuous rants about this is getting trite :rolleyes:
Against Bowen, he got frustrated with the "Bowen Rules", sure, but I was simply citing it as an example of how these calls tend to go and did not mean that Artest was right in complaining, just that he had a normal reaction to what he perceived as non-calls going against him just like any other basketball player can expect playing Bowen.
That Kobe is complaining more is what I would call a symtom of his expectations from
BEFORE, when he could have defecated on the court and gotten a technical called on the other team for stepping in it.
Maybe those days are gone, who knows. But if Bowen were playing for Atlanta, his deferential favorable calls on his defense would soon disappear, I would imagine, just as they have for Bryant now that the Lakers are more of an average team rather then an elite team.
BTW, Artest never complains about how foul calls go for the reason you stated , so singling out Bowen has as much to do with his expectations that the Kings will be playing the Spurs in the playoffs, if they make it, and this is probably his version Jackson zenism as much as actual venom. As he noted, he personally has a good relationship with Bowen, unlike Ray Allen or Kobe. I'm surprised you didn't pick up on that yourself.
I think it's hilarious when fans change their minds about players simply because they don a different jersey! :rofl:
Now you're either being totally naive or just suffering from selective amnesia so as to come off as being totally contradictory.